Eutrochatella tankervillii
| Eutrochatella tankervillii | |
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| Eutrochatella tankervillii shells | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Family: | Helicinidae |
| Genus: | Eutrochatella |
| Species: | E. tankervillii
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| Binomial name | |
| Eutrochatella tankervillii (Gray, 1824)
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| Synonyms | |
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Helicina tankervillii Gray, 1824 | |
Eutrochatella tankervillii is a species of tropical land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Helicinidae.
The specific name tankervillii is in honor of Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville.
Distribution
Description
Circulatory system: The osmotic pressure of the hemolymph of Eutrochatella tankervillii is 67 mOsm.[2]
References
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- ^ Rosenberg G. & Muratov I. V. (2006). "Status report on the terrestrial Mollusca of Jamaica". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 155(1): 117-161.
- ^ Little C. (1983). The colonisation of land: origins and adaptations of terrestrial animals. Cambridge University Press, 290 pp., page 37.